(1) For the purposes of this Agreement,
the term “permanent establishment” means
a fixed place of business through which the
business of an enterprise is wholly or partly
carried on.
Français
(1) Au sens du présent Accord, l’expres-
sion «établissement stable» désigne une
installation fixe d’affaires par l’intermédiaire
de laquelle une entreprise exerce tout ou
partie de son activité.
(2) The term “permanent establishment”
includes especially:
a) a place of management;
b) a branch;
c) an office;
d) a factory;
e) a workshop; and
f)
a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or
any other place of extraction of natural
resources.
Français
(2) L’expression «établissement stable»
comprend notamment:
a) un siège de direction;
b) une succursale;
c) un bureau;
d) une usine;
e) un atelier; et
f)
une mine, un puits de pétrole ou de gaz,
une carrière ou tout autre lieu d’extrac-
tion de ressources naturelles.
(4) The use of an installation or drilling rig
or ship in a Contracting State to explore for
or exploit natural resources constitutes a
permanent establishment if, but only if,
such use is for more than three months in
any twelve-month period.
Français
(4) L’utilisation, dans un État contractant,
d’une installation ou d’une tour ou d’un
navire de forage pour explorer ou exploiter
les ressources naturelles constitue un éta-
blissement stable si et uniquement si une
telle utilisation est pour plus de trois mois
au cours de toute période de douze mois.
(5) Notwithstanding the preceding provi-
sions of this Article, the term “permanent
establishment” shall be deemed not to
include:
a) the use of facilities solely for the pur-
pose of storage, display or delivery of
goods or merchandise belonging to the
enterprise;
b) the maintenance of a stock of goods or
merchandise belonging to the enter-
prise solely for the purpose of storage,
display or delivery;
c) the maintenance of a stock of goods or
merchandise belonging to the enter-
prise solely for the purpose of process-
ing by another enterprise;
d) the maintenance of a fixed place of
business solely for the purpose of pur-
chasing goods or merchandise or for
collecting information, for the enter-
prise;
e) the maintenance of a fixed place of
business solely for the purpose of car-
rying on, for the enterprise, any other
activity of a preparatory or auxiliary
character;
f)
the maintenance of a fixed place of
business solely for any combination of
activities mentioned in subparagraphs
(a) to (e) provided that the overall activ-
ity of the fixed place of business result-
ing from this combination is of a
preparatory or auxiliary character.
Français
(5) Nonobstant les dispositions précé-
dentes du présent article, on considère
qu’il n’y a pas «établissement stable» si:
a) il est fait usage d’installations aux
seules fins de stockage, d’exposition
ou de livraison de marchandises appar-
tenant à l’entreprise;
b) des marchandises appartenant à l’en-
treprise sont entreposées aux seules
fins de stockage, d’exposition ou de
livraison;
c) des marchandises appartenant à l’en-
treprise sont entreposées aux seules
fins de transformation par une autre
entreprise;
d) une installation fixe d’affaires est utili-
sée aux seules fins d’acheter des mar-
chandises ou de réunir des informa-
tions pour l’entreprise;
e) une installation fixe d’affaires est
utilisée aux seules fins d’exercer, pour
l’entreprise, toute autre activité de
caractère préparatoire ou auxiliaire;
f)
une installation fixe d’affaires est utili-
sée aux seules fins de l’exercice cumu-
lé d’activités mentionnées aux alinéas
a) à e), à condition que l’activité d’en-
semble de l’installation fixe d’affaires
résultant de ce cumul garde un caractè-
re préparatoire ou auxiliaire.
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraphs 1 and 2, where a person – other
than an agent of an independent status to
whom paragraph 7 applies – is acting on
behalf of an enterprise and has, and habitu-
ally exercises, in a Contracting State an
authority to conclude contracts on behalf
of the enterprise, that enterprise shall be
deemed to have a permanent establish-
ment in that State in respect of any activ-
ities which that person undertakes for the
enterprise, unless the activities of such per-
son are limited to those mentioned in para-
graph 5 which, if exercised through a fixed
place of business, would not make this
fixed place of business a permanent estab-
lishment under the provisions of that para-
graph.
Français
(6) Nonobstant les dispositions des
paragraphes 1 et 2, lorsqu’une personne
– autre qu’un agent jouissant d’un statut
indépendant auquel s’applique le para-
graphe 7 – agit pour le compte d’une entre-
prise et dispose dans un État contractant
de pouvoirs qu’elle y exerce habituellement
lui permettant de conclure des contrats
pour le compte de l’entreprise, cette entre-
prise est considérée comme ayant un éta-
blissement stable dans cet État pour toutes
les activités que cette personne exerce
pour l’entreprise, à moins que les activités
de cette personne ne soient limitées à
celles qui sont mentionnées au paragraphe
5 et qui, si elles étaient exercées par l’inter-
médiaire d’une installation fixe d’affaires,
ne permettraient pas de considérer cette
installation comme un établissement stable
selon les dispositions de ce paragraphe.
(7) An enterprise shall not be deemed to
have a permanent establishment in a Con-
tracting State merely because it carries on
business in that State through a broker,
general commission agent or any other
agent of an independent status, provided
that such persons are acting in the ordinary
course of their business.
Français
(7) Une entreprise n’est pas considérée
comme ayant un établissement stable dans
un État contractant du seul fait qu’elle y
exerce son activité par l’entremise d’un
courtier, d’un commissionnaire général ou
de tout autre agent jouissant d’un statut
indépendant, à condition que ces per-
sonnes agissent dans le cadre ordinaire de
leur activité.
(8) The fact that a company which is a
resident of a Contracting State controls or
is controlled by a company which is a resi-
dent of the other Contracting State, or
which carries on business in that other
State (whether through a permanent estab-
lishment or otherwise), shall not of itself
constitute either company a permanent
establishment of the other.
Français
(8) Le fait qu’une société qui est un rési-
dent d’un État contractant contrôle ou est
contrôlée par une société qui est un rési-
dent de l’autre État contractant ou qui y
exerce son activité (que ce soit par l’inter-
médiaire d’un établissement stable ou non)
ne suffit pas, en lui-même, à faire de l’une
quelconque de ces sociétés un établisse-
ment stable de l’autre.
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de-canada-2002-base | BGBl. 2002 II S. 670 | signed 2001-04-19 | published 2002-03-27 | Signed: 2001-04-19 | Gazette publication: 2002-03-27
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original implementing law, multilingual base treaty and accompanying protocol; not a current consolidated text
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The original prints German, English and French treaty and integral protocol texts in three columns. All three authentic treaty-language transcriptions are supplied here; R3 omitted French. This is NOT a full-language accuracy/completeness certification. Physical PDF page 38 is a separate German-only competent-authority agreement dated 19/20 April 2001, not an amendment or translated treaty text. No English/French version of that supplement is supplied or invented. Signature 2001-04-19 differs from edition ID/publication year 2002. No qualified human wording review, legal review, current-law or publication approval. Unreviewed coordinate-based machine transcription of this original source edition only. Printed line breaks, hyphens and uncertain token spacing are retained, not silently corrected. Treaty preamble, closing formula, protocol and shared signatures are separate retained assets, not part of the last article. Full supplements: /review/de-canada-2002-base/. PDF page links identify pages, not verified paragraph correspondence.
Review status
Pending human wording, completeness, source-authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed.
Currentness
Original source edition; not a verified current-law consolidation. Unknown as current law. Signed 2001-04-19; consent law 2002-03-23; gazette publication 2002-03-27. Edition ID year is not a signature date. Treaty entry into force: 2002-03-28. Roster general application: 2001-01-01 (not a universal tax-specific rule). Cached official article entry statements (may refer to multiple instruments): 28. März 2002. Evidence is the retained 2026-10-01 agent audit of source PDF, 2026-01-01 roster and cached official HTML, not a fresh current-law determination. Bounded agent triage, no qualified wording/alignment/legal review. No exhaustive verification of all later 2026 developments. Matching digest proves retained source identity, not legal force.
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